http://4everdawn.com Life Parenting and Other Stuff! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:48:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I can bring home the bacon I can fry it up in a pan And never ever let you forget the romance Cause I’m a woman. As a young woman growing up in the 1970s, those words were the anthem of the liberated woman. They embodied the ideal that women could have it all: ... http://4everdawn.com/super-women-unravelled/ Chapter 1 YOU MIGHT HAVE TO COME INDOORS From Horsewomen in Foal by Claudia Stack (see www.horsewomeninfoal.com) There are some things your doctor won’t tell you simply because it won’t occur to him or her that you need telling. One of these things is that pregnancy and motherhood involve spending a fair amount ... http://4everdawn.com/chapter-one-you-might-have-to-come-indoors/ Learning to walk before you run is what personal development is all about. As a child, I learned how to ride a bike with training wheels. Supposedly you never forget how to ride a bicycle. When I've occasionally ridden one as an adult, I've wobbled a lot before being convinced ... http://4everdawn.com/have-you-developed-personally/ Despite her previous statements regarding her staying on the highly watched series, Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria is reportedly hinting that she wants to leave Wisteria Lane for good. The reports recently proliferated about the 32-year-old actress wanting to settle down and start a family. In July, Longoria's nuptials with ... http://4everdawn.com/desperate-housewives-eva-longoria-quitting-show-for-motherhood/ The wisdom of Kabbalah tells us that every action a person makes is only to further a personal desire. While there are many different types of desires, they are all an effort to obtain pleasure. Actions taken to avoid suffering are really just the inverse aspect of seeking pleasure. Once a ... http://4everdawn.com/kabbalah-on-desires/ Consider this: motherhood is perhaps the most difficult, exhausting, demanding job in the world. Yet for all that, it is a job that is too often taken for granted. Mothers Day is an opportunity for all of us to show our gratitude and appreciation for the woman ... http://4everdawn.com/consider-this-motherhood-is-perhaps-the-most-difficult/   The transition to motherhood is a profound step in a woman's life. Becoming a mother is a life-changing experience and motherhood is a lifelong role. Although motherhood is universal in many aspects, the transition into it is very individualized. Our past childhood relationships with our mothers, our fathers and the ... http://4everdawn.com/natural-weight-loss-for-new-mothers/ The Politics of Single Motherhood It is well-known that single mothers may suffer from increased economic hardship after divorce.  Living on one income and paying for child-care and extra household help, contribute to the overall decrease in the standard of living for single mothers in the US.  What many people ... http://4everdawn.com/the-politics-of-single-motherhood/ Many first-time mothers are baffled when they find their new life with baby doesn’t match up to the myths of motherhood. We are led to believe that having a baby should be a glorious, magical time. We are taught not only that we will but that we must bond immediately ... http://4everdawn.com/breaking-the-myths-of-motherhood-one-step-toward-alleviating-postpartum-mood-disorders/ We usually say that the essence of womanhood is in being a mother. Every woman nurses a secret desire to become a mother one day. However, many compulsions force us to avoid pregnancy at times. Celebrity status, family compulsions, personal commitments are some of these reasons due to which we ... http://4everdawn.com/pregnancy-experiencing-motherhood/